Massachusetts Communities at ‘Critical Risk’ for Mosquito-Borne Virus
Dozens of communities at high or moderate risk for Eastern equine encephalitis.
Dozens of communities at high or moderate risk for Eastern equine encephalitis.
Smallpox the only human disease to ever have been wiped out.
Public comment period for these guidelines has been extended 30 days to Sept. 9, 2019.
94 percent of cases caused by West Nile Virus; 63% of these classified as neuroinvasive disease.
If increase continues, more than 8000 cases expected in United Kingdom by end of 2019.
Eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in several sentinel chickens.
Although most providers are familiar with the symptoms of Lyme disease, coinfection with other tickborne illnesses such as babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and human monocytic ehrlichiosis is possible and becoming more prevalent.
Triatoma sanguisuga insect can transmit parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Rising temperatures contribute to more ticks and greater availability of hosts.
Most of those cases were Lyme disease.